Cycling North: from the French Mediterranean to the fjords of Norway by bicycle (Eurovelo Series Book 5) by Steven Herrick
FIVE STARS
I loved this book that took me down a memory lane to places I have visited and idolized. Having cycled and explored Europe extensively over the years, Steven Herrick's books have given me a look back at a part of the world that is by far the very best for being people friendly. His insertion of historical tidbits coupled with personable experiences left me with a yearning to revisit.
The book deserves more than five stars
Excerpts; I never lost my wanderlust or the sense that a map spread across a table was a tableau of endless possibilities - so many roads, so many adventures.
“cycling is just an interlude between meals.”
We allow corporations to dictate how our food is grown and what we can eat. The market doesn’t care for health, only endless economic growth and increased production. Yet another reason to treasure the attitude of the French who eat seasonally and shop locally. The only market the everyday French country folk care about is the numerous cheese, fish and meat stalls open in the town square each Wednesday. The town market, not the market of bankers and financiers and faceless corporations.
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